Masquerade and gender : disguise and female identity in eighteenth-century fictions by women /

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Terry Castle's recent study of masquerade follows Bakhtin's analysis of the carnivalesque to conclude that, for women, masquerade offered exciting possibilities for social and sexual freedom. Castle's interpretation conforms to the fears expressed by male writers during the period: Ad...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Craft-Fairchild, Catherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1993.
Subjects:
1700-1799
English fiction > Women authors > History and criticism.
Women and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Femininity in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Sex role in literature.
Disguise in literature.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Féminité dans la littérature.
Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
Rôle selon le sexe dans la littérature.
Déguisement dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Disguise in literature
English fiction
English fiction > Women authors
Femininity in literature
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Sex role in literature
Women and literature
Kostümball
Identität
Schriftstellerin
Frauenroman
Frauenbild
Frau
Roman
Geschichte 1700-1800.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Aphra Behn's The Dumb virgin and Mary Davys's The Accomplished rake : the darker side of masquerade
  • Eliza Haywood and the masquerade of femininity
  • Elizabeth Inchbald's not so simple story
  • Feminine excess : Frances Burney's The Wanderer.

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